"But I own that I cannot see as plainly as others do, and I should wish to do, evidence of design and beneficence on all sides of us. There seems to me too much misery in the world. I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created that a cat should play with mice."
-- Charles Darwin, Letter to Asa Gray

Friday, July 13, 2007

The Internet: Incubator for Modesty

I just did a quick search, and you would be surprised -- I know my readers; you''re like a collection of antiques, dusty and shoved against the wall -- to learn just how many people are predicting that the final Harry Potter ends with Harry waking up next to Suzanne Pleschette.

So no fresh joke for me. That's what I tell my kids. You got a question you ask it. You won't be the only person thinking it.

As as for Harry getting whacked like Tony Soprano, or even by Tony Soprano, you're the only person in the world who hasn't already come up with that.